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When it comes to mixing this gentleman is a real beast! His sets always tell an exciting story and he always sends you on a trippy journey with an affection for dark electro, weird funky synthesizer sounds and obscure electronica. His motto is :"Expect the unexpected"He started mixing in the early 80ies and music production was the next natural step for Andrea.Since the early 90’s he has been releasing under several aliases like Sprawl, Skull, New Acid Generation and he also founded the label Plasmek. His "Mechanic Phunk" long player, which came out in 2009 on the Solar One Music label, is up to this day still considered a timeless piece of solid Electro among electronic music aficionados globally.www.solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/mechanic-phunk

In collaboration with his longterm music partner Eugenio Vatta, Andrea has recently dropped an amazing Ambient Album under the "Frame - The Journey" alias, that came out on Glacial Movements. This one sends you on "the journey" ,with the idea of recreating the atmosphere of a movie theater. Check the link below and enjoy the silence:www.glacialmovements.bandcamp.com/album/the-journeyApart from music making and mixing, Andrea has been ,and actually still is, an exceptional radio host, journalist, lecturer and overall electronic music activist.His different ventures have lead to collaboration with iconic artists like Lory D, Marco Passarani, Detroit`s very own Dj K1 a.k.a Keith Tucker, and The Exaltics, to name just few. Andrea is currently hosting two shows on Italy`s U-FM Radio.In his Back to the Beat Show he usually presents a great mix of dance classics from spanning from Electro &Funk to House & Techno. Back to the Beat, his second show on FutureShock, delivers a colorful potpourri of guest mixes, label showcases and his own vision of proper modern Techno, Electro, Ambient and and other eletronical genres of nowadays artits.Check show times here:http://u-fm.it/new/Here is a 90 minutes electronic music masterclass with music from: Mariel Ito a.k.a Maceo Plex, The Exaltics, Carl Finlow, Unwelt, Japanese Telecom, Delta Funktionen, Fastgraph, Voltaic, Details, Cosimo Damiano, M/R, Randomer, Fransesco Pierguidi, Frankie Serious, Lost Track, Allesandro Adriani, Farley Funkin Keith, Andreas Gehm, Passarani & The Martian.

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Our brothers and sisters in vibe, for Episode #8 of our Mix Series we are thrilled to present you D'Arcangelo.

There are a lot of contemporary electronic music makers that wish they had just one release on Rephlex Records.

They are getting excited if Aphex Twin includes one of their tracks in his mixes.

D'Arcangelo have released 5 long players, and 2 e.p's on Rephlex Records, and their tracks are included in Aphex Twin sets regularly, for 25 years more or less.

Fabrizio and Marco D'Arcangelo are undisputedly one of the best, if not the top one, IDM/Braindance production and live performance outfits that ever came out of Italy..

Although getting into production since 1992, it's was after two years, 1994, that the first releases came out on "Hot Trax" under the "Centuria City" alias, and on "Out Of Orbit" as "Autonomia Division".

1994 is the year that the first long player titled "Alternative Fluid", was released on "Disturbance" , with the duo using their "Monomorph" moniker.

Couple of releases followed as "D Duo" on "Boreal' before D'Arcangelo unveiled themselves to the world with the same name iconic, plain gold sleeved, e.p on Rephlex Records, for those that don't know owned by Aphex Twin himself and Grant Wilson.

Also 1996 saw the birth of "Molecular Recordings" and the duo flexing their skills on dancefloor orientated techno sounds as "Intermolecular Forces", both joint projects with Marco Lenzi.

The D'Arcangelo brothers were one of the founding fathers of the Braindance movement, and developed a unique experimental electronic sound, that influenced and still influences IDM & Electronica music makers up to this present day.

With releases lately on Suction Records, Analogical Force, Happy Skull & Furthur Electronix, there is no sign of D'Arcangelo stepping down from music making.

“This is our eclectic, sometime short, sometime longer, cryptic and uncnventional mix with no logic, but with a couple of 'one odd out', one famous, one not yet...definitely not the usual techno fixed beat bits....is simply us”